Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Assertion (A): The unusually spontaneous character of the Quit India Movement did not mean that it emerged without prior ideological and organisational preparation.

Reason (R): The early arrest of national leaders removed restraint and encouraged local initiative, while earlier satyagraha, organisational reconstruction and propaganda had prepared the population for struggle.

  1. Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. A is correct, but R is incorrect.
  4. A is incorrect, but R is correct.
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